Don't forget about me. Or yourself.

       THAT’S WHY...                                                          I WANT TO CHANGE!

"In addition to having graceful and refined movements, Hisuian Typhlosion has a very relaxed disposition and can often be seen staring into space." "Hisuian Typhlosion is usually gentle and pacifistic. However, once angered, it loses control of its emotions and incinerates opponents until not even ashes remain."

Yuuya is, in all levels except physical, a Hisuian Typhlosion.

Just look at that colour scheme, half-Ghost typing, gentle-but-terrifyingly-angry-when-pushed personality, and that dopey face with natural purple hair and eyeshadow and tell me that isn't Yuuya as a pokemon.

Also P1 Maki would be a Munna, there's no contest about that. Pink/Red theming, childishly cutesy/girly, and eats dreams. You couldn't ask for a more perfect pokemon.

"Why aren't there pelletized meal replacements for humans? I don't want a 'nutritionally complete' protein smoothie made out of oats and soy, I want a bucket of KFC and a burger with fries in cereal form."

Abstract Prompts | Still Accepting!

It began with a few tiny flakes. They wafted down from the overcast sky, their descent to earth halted by the leaves and branches that formed the canopy overhead. They stubbornly refused to melt as the seconds ticked by, and with each passing moment were joined by more and more of their ice-formed brethren. It didn’t take long before the paved trail and the surrounding greenery were blanketed by a thick layer of snow under the overcast sky, steadily and ceaselessly growing layer by layer. 

“Some weather this is, huh?” Yuuya pulled his thin jacket around himself as he addressed the dark-haired teenager, the man’s breath visible in the wintry chill. ”We should hurry on back before it gets worse-”

It was very strange weather indeed for the middle of summer, but hopefully this stranger would think this was merely a freak event, rather than the mischief of invisible demons turning reality into their personal playground. Unfortunately, as Yuuya caught a glimpse of movement in the snow, he realised he wouldn’t get a chance to convince him otherwise.

Around them, large, heavy footprints pressed into the snow, accompanied by soft crunches as the icy substance was compacted underfoot, each too large and too far apart to belong to anything resembling a human. It walked perpendicular to them, circling in unmistakably predatory intent, watching and waiting for its prey to turn and run. Yuuya instinctively brought his hand to his face, fingers trailing along his temple — a nervous gesture to most, but for the Persona user, a sign that he was ready to summon at a moment’s notice.

“Leave us alone.”

At the acknowledgement of its presence, the footprints abruptly froze in their place. Everything seemed to stop then, naught except the sound of raspy, guttural breathing breaking the tense silence.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260717055017/https://xcancel.com/kazumaKaneko666/status/2077580363178934514 (Pascal the dog was based off Chobi the dog from the manga Dōbutsu no Oisha-san/The Animal Doctor, making her a girl.)

https://web.archive.org/web/20260721215819/https://x.com/kazumaKaneko666/status/2079469277326049394 (Hayagriva is a horse-headed Buddha, but Kaneko decided to change the horse to a zebra for variation's sake. He did not design DDS Harley.)

Also from what I can tell, this is Archive.org's automated capture of his X account. If I'm counting right, the guy made more than 1.5k posts over the months of June and July answering fans' questions. He easily posted 50 times a day during the height of it.

So Kaneko’s favourite Persona design between Persona 1 and the Persona 2 duology is Vishnu. Apparently many of the Personas had a theme of ballet (or performance/theater), which makes sense since they are personas after all.

In Japan, most of these groups are contained to rural areas where highly-regional animistic folk religion/Shintoism holds strong and have not been subsumed under Buddhism/Christianity, and the Persona users are viewed as the equivalent of shamans or miracle healers.

From one of P2's Climax Theatre episodes, for reference.

The Nanjo group definitely contributed the most to the coverup, but I’m also imagining the principal and teachers at Yuuya’s highschool collectively gaslighting convincing the student body that the whole demon invasion event should be kept a secret outside the borders of Mikage-cho. Because another powerful organisation learning about the existence of Personas and demons likely won’t bode well for anyone.